Economy

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Is it ‘Treason’ Not to Clap for the President? Is it ‘Treason’ Not to Clap for the President?

Joan Walsh on Trump, Nomi Prins on financial deregulation, and Ann Jones on Norwegians.

Feb 8, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Trump Carrier Working Women

Trump Is Making Life Even Harder for Working-Class Women Trump Is Making Life Even Harder for Working-Class Women

His administration has already made workers, especially women, poorer, less secure, and less safe.

Feb 8, 2018 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Work Requirements Failed Once, and They’ll Fail Again

Work Requirements Failed Once, and They’ll Fail Again Work Requirements Failed Once, and They’ll Fail Again

Requiring Medicaid recipients to find employment is a cruel solution to a nonexistent problem.

Feb 8, 2018 / Bryce Covert

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Meet Kevin de León—the Next Senator From California? Meet Kevin de León—the Next Senator From California?

He’s challenging incumbent Dianne Feinstein on foreign policy, immigration, and the national-surveillance state.

Feb 7, 2018 / Q&A / Sasha Abramsky

Organized Labor’s Lost Generations

Organized Labor’s Lost Generations Organized Labor’s Lost Generations

Unions have struggled to make substantial gains since the ’70s, but not for the reasons historians think.

Feb 7, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Gabriel Winant

When Harassment Is the Price of a Job

When Harassment Is the Price of a Job When Harassment Is the Price of a Job

As decades of activism meet the #MeToo moment, could the food-service industry be poised for sweeping change?

Feb 7, 2018 / Feature / Bryce Covert

‘It Becomes Your Job to Provide the Girlfriend Experience’: Women’s Stories of Work in Food Service

‘It Becomes Your Job to Provide the Girlfriend Experience’: Women’s Stories of Work in Food Service ‘It Becomes Your Job to Provide the Girlfriend Experience’: Women’s Stories of Work in Food Service

Whether they’re waitresses, bartenders, hostesses, or fast-food workers, the women who serve our food and drinks face routine sexual harassment.

Feb 7, 2018 / Feature / Bryce Covert

Stop Trump’s Infrastructure Scam

Stop Trump’s Infrastructure Scam Stop Trump’s Infrastructure Scam

You can also join a campaign to make your community fossil fuel–free or show up to fight attacks on immigrant communities. 

Feb 6, 2018 / NationAction

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Another Trump Failure: Infrastructure Another Trump Failure: Infrastructure

The president’s latest proposal does nothing to change the fact that he has failed to deliver on the American people’s top priority.

Feb 6, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

People Are Panicking About the Stock Market—but It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way

People Are Panicking About the Stock Market—but It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way People Are Panicking About the Stock Market—but It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way

Remember pensions?

Feb 6, 2018 / Helaine Olen

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